RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
No offense to the writer however, did you not hold the iPhone in your hand to get a feel for what it was like? When picking an iPhone, I preferred the 6S+ over the 6S. I held all 3 versions and liked the 6s+ for it's size. Yes, I do have big hands. It sounds more like the writer got swept up

Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I have small hands, and I really do love the iPhone X. I have now mastered face ID, and I love it but I don’t have to use my finger to unlock the phone any more. I do not miss the home button either. However, the article that was sent was an opinion. It really depends on the geezer of how they u

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
I thought the same. Why did you not use Voice Over. Perhaps he is sighted. I suppose I am to much of my own person and try things myself rather than running out and buying things before trying them. Sad thing is, most likely there are a lot of people like Dennis out there. . -Origina

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
He's finding that he can't use it with only one hand. Guess each to there own, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of myguidedo...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, 24 November 2017 9:24 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.co

Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread Donna Goodin
I think sometimes it's hard to know things like that. I assume when I buy a new product that there will be an adjustment. You don't really know what your final assessment is going to be until you come out on the other side of that adjustment period. Cheers, Donna > On Nov 24, 2017, at 2:24 AM,

Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread E.T.
Exactly what it was, an opinion piece, nothing more, nothing less. Take lots of salt with these. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
It could have also been a filler writing. Filler means if it is a slow news day they find some obscure event to post. In the recording industry, if the album needs filling they add a song on it. Some hit songs were discovered that way. The strip by David rose, comes to mind. It could also be,

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
Agreed. For me, it is the Mac Book pro. I requested it because I thought it would be the same as the windows operating system only with a better sounding synthetic voice. Now, the pro, pretty much sits on a shelf. It is a good computer, just too complicated and the biggest problem I have wit

Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread John Panarese
Out of curiosity, what is wrong with cut and paste? It's the same principle as Windows with a change from the control-c and control-v to command-c and command-v. I use it all of the time. Where were you running into problems? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 7

Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread lenron brown
I can think of a lot of other issues that make me love windows a lot more, but copy and paste is pretty easy done on the Mac. Other commands for me make things slower and I hate interacting so much but other than the MBP is a nice little computer. On 11/24/17, John Panarese wrote: > Out of curi

Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, It's all a matter of comfort and prospective. I've used both Windows and Mac for years, and I much prefer the Mac interface. Complicated wouldn't be the word I'd choose, but different than what one is accustomed to is perfectly normal. Each are allowed their opinions, and their personal

Re: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread lenron brown
Um people always say that but here is what you got to keep in mind. These phones and things will never be built in the US. The company still would not make as much money. Do you really think someone in the states will work for what they pay them over there? On 11/23/17, Simon Fogarty wrote: > But

iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Mary Otten
Is it possible to have your iTunes library on a Mac and a PC at the same time? If so, how? Mine is presently on Mac, where it has lived for some years. I just got a PC running windows 10, and I would like to be able to have my library on this machine as well. Mary Sent from my iPhone -- The

A Question About Forwarding Text Messages with Dates

2017-11-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Earlier today, I received a text message, not an iMessage, but a text message, containing a date. Try as I may, I could not discover how to forward this message, with VoiceOver running. All I could accomplish was to initiate a dialog box that gave me options for the date, for exa

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
I am still working on my choice in phraseology. It is a work in progress. For me, anyway, keeping my mouth shut is the best thing, at times. Especially when I am trying to be diplomatic as not to cause a fire storm. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:ma

Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread E.T.
Unless it/s changed, the answer is no. The library can only reside on one computer. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-

RE: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Mary, Both a PC and a Mac can have access to the same iTunes Library. All one need do is to make certain that the Library is located on a central drive. For example a network attached storage device. This is the setup I have in my home and it works well as my primary computer continu

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
Agreed. I like it's slim line design. I also like the fact that if you need help, the Apple help desk is open 24 hours per day, unlike Microsoft. Of course, problems only happen at 10 PM, or later when Microsoft has closed for the day. Grin. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries

Re: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread E.T.
Its not cut and dried. Its not a simple matter. The jobs can indeed come back, and should. That would impact the pricing of course. Its called supply and demand. Remember that one? Its a concept that went the way of the dinosaurs. If people want to earn a decent living making these products

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
Specifically, I wanted to create a shortcut to a sport radio station. With windows, I would just copy the listen live link into a folder on my desktop. That’s where we ran into trouble. What you are saying is correct. We just had problems performing that procedure with the MBP. From: m

RE: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
I am going to steel a line from a comedy in the 60's. "Minimum output, maximum prophet. There was a real fire storm on another list that was inadvertently started by the moderator. It was about immigrants being hired to do jobs in the U S, when in fact, the U S citizens did not want to do thos

Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks, Mark. That is unfortunate. We don’t have one of those devices, and they’re probably a pain to set up, if it’s even possible with my old Apple Airport extreme router. What a bummer. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 24, 2017, at 11:09 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Mary, > > Both a

Re: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread E.T.
As I pointed out, its not cut and dried. Much of the blame falls directly on the heads of many politicians who sleep with Corporate America. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply

Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you subscribed to Apple Music or iTunes Match, then it creates an iTunes Music Library in iCloud. With this iCloud Music Library, your library is available to any device you have logged into that same Apple ID. Devices include Windows, iDevices and Macs. Apple Music is around $10 per

Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread lenron brown
Apple music solved that issue for me. At least until I can get a network drive setup. Even then apple music is still a nice option. On 11/24/17, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > If you subscribed to Apple Music or iTunes Match, then it creates an iTunes > Music Library in iCloud. With this iCloud Mu

Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Tim, Yes I know about the cloud availability, and I guess that’s what I will have to do. But I have things in my iTunes library that are not part of iTunes match or Apple Music. I had a lot of CDs that I ripped into iTunes, and not all of them became available in my cloud iTunes match. I’m no

Re: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread Eric Oyen
see, the is interesting. firstly, you have the chinese communists who are trying to incorporate capitalism into the mix. this means that profit has become number 1 priority and anyone who can't make a profit gets executed. this also means that local chinese laws may be ignored, especially if lo

Re: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread Eric Oyen
well, the problem with the statement of jobs going wanting because citizens don't want to do them is this: there are citizens willing to do a lot of those jobs. it is getting to the point where some of the homeless are willing to take those jobs. sure, they are back breaking, but they will get p

Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread Eric Oyen
thats a lot like what I do here. I use a piece of tech until it is no longer usable. only then will I take an upgrade (and never to the latest and greatest). my last upgrade was from an iPhone 5s to a 7S (the store was out of any model 6 devices). I still have a working 5 on the desk hereacquire

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Dude if you've got a spec'd Mac book pro then put windows on it and get the best of both worlds. I've got windows 10 on my MBA and I can flick from mac to windows within seconds. I just priced a mac book pro for a replacement machine and 4400 dollars and that’s not the touchbar version. -

RE: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah but the problem with iCloud Is that there isn't aenough storage space without paying to have more for librarys of the siz3 I have. 700 gig now and no way am I paying to put that in the cloud. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegrou

RE: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Still I think it’s the size of the fingers of the kids putting the devices together. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Saturday, 25 November 2017 9:00 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: R

Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Mary Otten
Wow! I certainly don’t have anywhere close to that much. I can’t imagine! Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 24, 2017, at 2:38 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Yeah but the problem with iCloud > > Is that there isn't aenough storage space without paying to have more for > librarys of the siz3 I

Problems with Youtube on my I phone 10

2017-11-24 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. Those of you who are using the I phone 10, have you tried to sign in to your Youtube account? I have tried and the app keeps crashing. If there is a way of doing this, please let me know. Thanks. Kawal. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries li

RE: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread David Griffith
With iTunes Match this is very easy. It does cost about £20 a year though. However I think then you basically can put your iTunes library on up to I think 5 machines. The way it works is that you can upload music to iTunes match on any machine, and then you can download this music onto any of you

RE: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread David Griffith
Your iTunes Match library has no impact on your iCloud storage. I have a massive iTunes match music library but only 50GB of actual iCloud space. This would be swamped if the 2,000 albums was actually put in iCloud. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordp

RE: A Question About Forwarding Text Messages with Dates

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi mark, I just checked this on my x running 11.2 pb, If you go in to the text and to the message received and then flick down on the actions menu, find more and then tap on that to expand it, then I swiped right a couple of times and found the forward option. This was on an appointment tex

RE: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Mary, I believe one can purchase a network attached storage device for around $120 or thereabouts. Also, if one has a modern router, one can actually attach any USB key or drive and it will act like a NAS. The benefit of using a USB drive on a network attached storage device is that o

RE: A Question About Forwarding Text Messages with Dates

2017-11-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Simon and thank you. Strange, I was able to get this to work, this evening with little difficulty. However, early this morning, I could not. Perhaps I should have had a cup of coffee first, eh? (smile). Thank you again, Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegrou

Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread lenron brown
If I had a bigger harddrive in my MBP I would totally duel boot it. It only has a 128 at the moment. On 11/24/17, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Dude if you've got a spec'd > Mac book pro then put windows on it and get the best of both worlds. > > I've got windows 10 on my MBA and I can flick from mac t

Seventh Heaven Apples, Anyone?

2017-11-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Today, Friday, November 24, 2017 is/was Black Friday, here in the US. This is the busiest shopping day of the year, for us. As it turned out, I went to two very large shopping centers today, each having an Apple Store. At both locations, I was stunned to see so, so many peop

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
That is in the works. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty Sent: November 24, 2017 2:31 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10 Dude if you've got a spec'd

RE: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits | HuffPost

2017-11-24 Thread myguidedogis
Now, now, don't be jealous. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: November 24, 2017 12:00 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Illegal Student Labor Used To Assemble iPhone X, Apple Admits

Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Mark, Well, at this point, I don’t think I’m quite ready for this learning experience. Dealing with windows 10 when my last Windows machine was XP, that’s quite enough for now. I bought a Mac back in 2009, and I really had hoped that I was going to ditch windows forever. But there are certain

RE: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
I know western digital do some very good nas cloud devices, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, 25 November 2017 3:42 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iTunes library on

RE: A Question About Forwarding Text Messages with Dates

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Mark, Ah yes the life giving substance Coffee, I can't start the day without one. I take it you need to actually be on the text of the message before this menu works, But Oh well at tleast you've got it working. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvis

RE: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Ah yes slight issue. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of lenron brown Sent: Saturday, 25 November 2017 4:03 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Why I'm selling my iPhone 10 If I had a bigger har

RE: Seventh Heaven Apples, Anyone?

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Go back and tell them I've got one for sale if someone wants to buy it? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, 25 November 2017 4:08 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Seventh

Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, To confirm. The iTunes Match songs do not count towards your iCloud Drive storage. It is a separate entity. I'm not sure why some of your music wouldn't upload Mary. I have around 10,000 songs in my iTunes Library, of which probably only 2000 are purchased. The rest were either ripped

Re: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread Harry Bell
Yes, Mary, there are cds which iTunes Match will not upload. One category I found was BBC comedy shows such as Hancock’s Half Hour, despite being legitimate purchases. The only solution was sometimes to edit the “Get info” details to reclassify them as audiobooks or podcasts. Harry > On 25 No